How the Chinese buying of American debt leads to lower interest rates. Created by Sal Khan.
- Subject:
- Economics
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- Khan Academy
- Provider Set:
- Khan Academy
- Author:
- Sal Khan
- Date Added:
- 07/25/2012
How the Chinese buying of American debt leads to lower interest rates. Created by Sal Khan.
The course is intended for people who would like a deeper understanding of the American housing finance system. The focus will be on providing necessary background knowledge rather than on evaluating specific policy proposals. Near the end of the course, participants will be encouraged to bring up policy issues and to discuss them in light of the information presented.
Unlike European option, an American options can be exercised at any point before it expires. In this video we walk through the process of exercising an American call option. Created by Sal Khan.
Unlike European option, an American options can be exercised at any point before it expires. In this video we walk through the process of exercising an American put option. Created by Sal Khan.
Introduction to amortization. Created by Sal Khan.
Comparing depreciation and amortization. Created by Sal Khan.
This online activity shows how to use FRED, the Federal Reserve's free online economic data website, to analyze changes in real gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP makeup over time. Following simple instructions, you will locate spending data for the individual components of real GDP, and then combine them into a highly informative area graph. You will also use FRED's ability to stack data and see how trade—imports and exports—contributes to GDP. The resulting customized graph will let you see how economic output varies from year to year.
Intermediate students are asked to analyze data on the components of consumption and investment expenditures and explanatory variables based on textbook models of each. Students look for rough correlations between the explanatory and dependent variables.
Consumers often measure whether they got a good deal on a purchase by the difference between the original price and a sales price. The bigger the difference is, the better the deal feels. The original price a consumer is exposed to becomes a reference point, or an anchor. The April 2021 issue of Page One Economics® Focus on Finance explains the anchoring effect and the role it plays in the decisionmaking process when it comes to what consumers are willing to pay for a good or service.
Annual Interest Varying with Debt Maturity. Created by Sal Khan.
The annual percentage rate (APR) that you are charged on a loan may not be the amount of interest you actually pay. The amount of interest you effectively pay is greater the more frequently the interest is compounded. In this video, we calculate the effective APR based on compounding the APR daily. Created by Sal Khan.
More on quantitative easing. Created by Sal Khan.
Arbitrage is taking advantage in price differences to earn a profit. In this video we explore arbitrage opportunities in options markets. Created by Sal Khan.
Explanation of arbitraging a futures contract. Created by Sal Khan.
Arbitraging Futures Contracts II. Created by Sal Khan.
Thinking about how hedge funds are different from other institutions. Created by Sal Khan.
What happens when governments default on their debts? In this video, Professor Garrett Jones of George Mason University uses the Greek government debt crisis to explain what happens when governments default on their debts and why it's not always a bad thing.
A quiz is a form of mind spot attempt to answer questions correctly. It is a game to test knowledge about a certain subject. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assesment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities and skills. This Assessment is based on multiple choice questions for all competitive exams. We are providing you different MCQs on different topics of Indian Economy so that you can check your knowledge on different topics related to Indian Economy.
A higher minimum wage would provide higher income for low-wage workers but also likely reduce job opportunities. Some of the reduction in job opportunities would occur from employers automating job tasks to replace more expensive human labor. The November 2021 issue of Page One Economics® explains how a higher mandated wage may lead some firms to substitute capital for labor.
Back of the envelope calculation of which office space to rent. Created by Sal Khan.